The Nigerian Breweries Plc has paid N416 billion since 2016 to become the highest tax-paying firm in the manufacturing industry in Nigeria, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Kola Jamodu, has disclosed.
Jamodu, who disclosed this during the commissioning ceremony of N56 billion expansion civil works at Ama Brewery...
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group, says the Dangote Refinery and Fertiliser projects will come on stream before the end of third quarter of this year.
He said this when Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) led a delegation of the bank to the project...
analysts see prospects for growth, encourage corporate sponsorship for sustainability
Stakeholders and entertainment actors in Edo State have valued the revenue accrued to the sector in 2021 to about N500 million owing to the growing opportunities and investment attracted to the creative and entertainment industry during the period.
A cross-section...
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has charged the management of the Indorama Petrochemicals and Fertilizer Limited, Port Harcourt, to create a clear career path for their Nigerian staff through promotion, upgrade, conversion and advancement in their chosen fields.
Ogbeni Aregbesola made the remarks on Monday when he paid a...
President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said close to $500m have been expended on the Dangote Sugar Refinery in Tunga, Nasarawa State, with the project when completed, expected to generate 90 megawatts of power, as well as provide direct employment for thousands.
Alhaji Dangote disclosed this when he led the...
The vision of Governor Udom Emmanuel, to make the Akwa Ibom State owned Airline, Ibom Air, become the West African Aviation power house, is nearing reality, following indications that Ibom Air could soon commence regional operations between Nigeria and The Gambia.
This was part of discussions Monday, when the Gambian...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has commenced the closure of 42 Microfinance Banks (MFBs) whose operating licences were recently revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) with verification of their respective depositors.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Director, Claims Resolution Department of the Corporation,...
The Central Bank of Nigeria has warned operators against paying recipients of diaspora remittances in local currency.
It warned that violators could lose their operational licences if they failed to comply with its guidelines on remittances.
The CBN said this in a circular to International Money Transfer Operators and Payment Service...
The National Pension Commission has said it recovered N213.07m from employers who deducted pension savings from their workers’ monthly emoluments but refused to remit such to their respective Pension Fund Administrators between July and September.
It disclosed this in its third-quarter report entitled ‘Update on the recovery of outstanding pension...
The collapse in crude oil prices, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, is expected to “plunge the Nigerian economy into a severe recession, the worst since the 1980s”, the World Bank said on Thursday.
The World Bank, in a new report, titled ‘Nigeria in times of COVID-19: Laying foundations for a...
